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Life and work in academia: an event for new staff
2008-03-18 15:46:00 The Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS) is pleased to announce the following workshop: *Life and work in academia: an event for new staff* Date: 15 April 2008 Venue: Clare College, University of Cambridge Aimed at new teaching staff (less than 2 years experience) in languages, linguistics and area studies, this one-day workshop aims to complement ... More About: Event , Work , Academia , Staff
Egyptology in the Limelight
2008-03-18 13:00:00 An Intute Limelight feature for Egyptology resources is now available. More About: Literature , Classics , Archaeology , Linguistics
DRHA08
2008-03-17 11:13:00 Keynote speakers have been announced for this year’s Digital Resources for the Humanities and Arts 2008 conference ‘New Communities of Knowledge and Practice‘, 14?17 September 2008, Cambridge: Sher Doruff, Research Fellow (Art, Research and Theory Lectoraat) and Mentor at the Amsterdam School for the Arts Alan Liu, Professor of English, University of California Santa Barbara ...
Luce Irigaray at Queen Mary, University of London
2008-03-16 12:25:00 For the last five years, Luce Irigaray, the French feminist, philosopher, and psychoanalytic theorist has held a week-long series of seminars with PhD students who are incorporating her work into their research. Two years ago I attended the seminars in Nottingham, where I had the chance to present my research to Irigaray, who then provided ... More About: London , University , Mary , Queen
Research into Practice
2008-03-14 10:39:00 The keynote speakers for this year’s Research into Practice conference have now been announced - W.J.T. Mitchell (USA) and Griselda Pollock (UK). Taking place on October 31st, at London’s Royal Society of Arts, the call for papers has begun (with a deadline of 1st May) with selection by double-blind peer-review. The conference focus will be on ... More About: Event
One Night in Bristol
2008-03-14 10:19:00 Exploring the night, twilight and nocturnal worlds, Bristol ’s historic (and recently refurbished and re-energised) Royal West of England Academy is hosting its most prestigious and ambitious exhibtion to date - Night : A Time Between - combining contemporary visual art (the likes of Darren Almond, Kim Seung Yeon and Dan Holdsworth) with historic masterpieces (including works by Samuel Palmer and Henry ...
Let?s do IT right?
2008-03-14 10:02:00 The Museum Computer Network is calling for submissions for its 2008 conference in Washington DC. Conference themes look set to include: Social Networking, Web 2.0 & Web 3.0 Superior Content, Superior Delivery Digital Readiness Museum Information Standards Issues of National Concern for Museums Opportunities for Emerging Professionals Leadership, Sustainability, Accountability Online proposals will be accepted until March 21, 2008
The Tradition of the Actor/Author in Italian Theatre
2008-03-13 14:55:00 The Italian sections of the University of Glasgow and the University of Strathclyde are calling for abstracts for their upcoming conference “The Tradition of the Actor /Author in Italian Theatre ”. To be held on October 17th and 18th, the conference will consider the role of the actor-author in a theatre traditionally based on performance. The organisers invite papers ...
Archaeology: Looking to the Future of Medieval Archaeology workshop
2008-03-12 02:32:00 In 2007 the Society for Medieval Archaeology celebrated its 50th anniversary with a series of events that reflected on progress over that period. Among the events was the publication online of the first fifty volumes of the peer-reviewed Medieval Archaeology journal. The aim of this workshop is to highlight the opportunities and challenges facing medieval ... More About: Event , Future , Workshop , The Future
Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra
2008-03-11 02:39:00 A new musical centred on the historical figure of Zenobia Queen of Palmyra is drawing crowds in the Middle East and attracting international attention. Theatrical performances on historical subjects are relatively frequent in both theatre and opera, but not many have been produced lately. A recent Limelight on Archaeology and performance includes a list of ... More About: Event
Witchcraft in 17th Century England
2008-03-10 12:34:00 A cauldron, swan feathers, dead birds, human hair and fingernails are among the finds made by archaeologists excavating a 17th-18th century site near Truro, Cornwall. Jacqui Woods, leading the excavation, will present a paper on the finds from the ‘feather pits’ at the World Archaeological Congress in Dublin, 29th June-4 July 2008 - a conference ... More About: England , Archaeology , Witchcraft , Century
Archaeology: Oliver Gurney Essay Prize
2008-03-09 19:39:00 The Oliver Gurney Essay Prize Prof. Oliver Robert Gurney (1911-2001) was a distinguished Assyriologist and Hittite scholar and former President of the British Institute at Ankara (BIAA). In order to commemorate his life and works, popularise Hittite studies, and to reward and recognise the achievement of young scholars in this field, the BIAA is pleased to ... More About: Archaeology
British Institute at Ankara study grants 2008/09
2008-03-09 19:33:00 The British Institute at Ankara (BIAA) has announced the Study Grants for the period 2008/09. More research funding opportunities as well as information on publications and current activities carried out by members of the Institute are available on the Institute website. Although the Institute promotes research in all academic disciplines within the arts, humanities and ... More About: Archaeology
CFP - ?Dialogue?, Postgraduate Research Conference, Nottingham
2008-03-09 19:31:00 Nottingham Trent University is affording postgraduates from any Arts and Humanities discipline the chance to present their work at its Dialogue conference on Friday 23rd May 2008. To make the presentation of research more informal, each speaker will have a dedicated non-expert discussant (who they can choose themselves or have allocated by the University) to respond ... More About: Research , Conference , Postgraduate
Book launch tour: The Last Concubine
2008-03-08 14:31:00 Japan has proved fertile ground for recent English-language fiction. The latest is The Last Concubine, by Lesley Downer, who has written widely about Japan for a mainstream audience. The novel is publicised as “an epic love story closely based on historical events, chronicling nineteenth-century Japan?s extraordinary change from a medieval to a modern country. ... More About: Book , Tour , Launch
Lecture: The Thatcher-Merkel Comparison
2008-03-07 12:05:00 Angela Merkel und der Globus from an original by Erlan on Flickr licensed under Creative Commons The Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations at Queen Mary, University of London is hosting a lecture entitled “The Thatcher -Merkel Comparison in the British and German Press”. Taking place at 4pm on Thursday 13th March in the Arts Building, Seminar Room 2.07, the ... More About: Event
Design Classics
2008-03-05 12:26:00 For the past few weeks I’ve been an avid reader of a series on The Guardian Arts Blog by Jonathan Glancey, featuring his picks of ‘classics of everyday design‘. Admittedly, perhaps sometimes Mr Glancey’s everyday is on a different plain to mine (although I am very pleased with the layout of my Greater Manchester Train and ... More About: Design , Classics
The peoples? archive of World War I
2008-03-04 14:40:00 Oxford University researchers are inviting the public to submit digital photographs or transcripts of personal First World War memorabilia, which may be hidden away in the cupboards and attics of their homes. The search for artefacts, letters, diaries, poems and stories started yesterday and continues for three months. Those who have items that may have been ... More About: World War I , Literature , World War , Classics
The Digger and Larrikin live on: Anzac weekend at the Imperial War Museum
2008-03-03 21:45:00 26th and 27th April 2008, 10.15am to 6pm, Imperial War Museum London Cinema, Lambeth Road, London SE1 6HZ. This weekend of films, talks and readings is organised by the Imperial War Museum London and the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies. It explores the impact of war on the political and cultural identity of Australia and New Zealand ... More About: Event , Weekend , Live
The First English Revolution? England during The Barons? War 1258-67
2008-03-03 19:14:00 Saturday 5th April, 9am - 4.45pm, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. This one-day conference focuses on the nine years between 1258 and 1267, which are one of the most important periods in English history. Following on from Magna Carta of 1215, a radical programme of reform was proposed to transform government. The conference commemorates the 750th anniversary of the confrontation ... More About: England , Event , Revolution
Creativity and Walking: an interdisciplinary colloquium
2008-03-01 20:33:00 Creativity and Walking : an interdisciplinary colloquium. University of Leeds, 7th March 2008… Click on the image for a large version of the flyer. More About: Event , Archaeology , Creativity
No Do: Contemporary Studio Jewellery Practice in Japan
2008-03-01 13:41:00 The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japan ese Arts and Cultures hosts evening lectures on the third Thursday of each month. The lecture on Thursday 20 March is entitled No Do: Contemporary Studio Jewellery Practice in Japan, and will be at the Refectory, Norwich Cathedral, starting at 6pm. Admission is free but seats must ...
Web Curator Tool 1.3.0
2008-02-29 18:55:00 Web Curator Tool version 1.3.0 has just been released. Web Curator Tool is free open source software for ‘web harvesting’ (aka ’site ripping’), and is provided by the National Library of New Zealand and the British Library. It differs from common free desktop software for archiving websites ? such as HTTrack+ProxyHTTrack ? because it integrates ... More About: Humanities Computing
Disclosures: 27th ? 30th March 2008
2008-02-29 11:27:00 The Gasworks Gallery (their website is here) in London is supporting an event called Disclosures. ?Disclosures seeks to scrutinise the notion of openness across fields of cultural production at large?, says the Disclosures statement. There will be several days of debates, activities, screenings and other events exploring the theme of openness at a number ... More About: Event , March , March 2008 , 2008
Small press events in 2008
2008-02-28 18:23:00 I’ve only just heard about the International Contemporary Artists’ Book Fair, from Artists Newsletter magazine ? with just over one week to go until the event. I thought I’d mention it here, and add similar forthcoming UK events, for those interested in paper fanzines, contemporary short-run pamphlets and chapbooks, and artist-made books:? The 11th International Contemporary ... More About: Events , Event , Press , Small , 2008
Journal: Electronic Games and Virtual Environments
2008-02-28 15:26:00 Dr Astrid Ensslin and Dr Eben Muse at Bangor University are seeking Co-editors for the new academic journal on videogames, Electronic Games and Virtual Environments (Intellect, from 2009). The ECVE journal aims to… “…integrate theoretical and critical approaches to computer game studies, studies on virtual environments and online communities as well as commercial, industrial, design and ... More About: Journal
Sitting Pretty: Reading Gender in Early Japanese Photography
2008-02-28 15:15:00 On Friday 7 March, Karen Fraser, Robert & Lisa Sainsbury Fellow, 2007-08, will give a lecture entitled Sitting Pretty: Reading Gender in Early Japanese Photography , on 19th century Japanese portrait photographs from the Tomishige Studio, the subject of her current book project. The lecture will start at 3.15p.m. and is part of the SOAS ... More About: Event
Hamlet on Second Life
2008-02-28 12:38:00 In Second Life , the SLShakespeare company will be performing Act1 Scene1 of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet at the SLGlobe on Sliterary from this Thursday. If you have the Second Life software installed, and an avatar, (all freely available) you can visit the Globe Theatre on Second Life by clicking on the ‘SURL’ http://slurl.com/secondlife/sLiterary/27/ 32/21/ From Joff Fassnacht - ... More About: Literature , Event , Linguistics
Rome and the Barbarians
2008-02-28 03:03:00 At Palazzo Grassi in Venice a new exhibition on late European antiquity has opened. The exhibition, entitled Rome and the Barbarians , follows several other major archaeological exhibitions at the same venue, but this is the first exhibition of the new management. The exhibition brings together a variety of artefacts, remains, paintings and manuscripts, among which are ... More About: Event , Archaeology
Intelligent podcasts
More articles from this author:2008-02-28 00:58:00 Many museums offer some podcast audio files for download, but many seem to offer a curate’s egg of mixed features in a single file ? harking back to the mass broadcast model of ‘take what you’re given’. I’ve been looking for intelligent single-topic / single-file / in-depth interviews on photography, collecting, curating, contemporary artists, and ... More About: Podcasts , Intelligent 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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